Activities

It’s early March in Hakuba with 50 cm of fresh powder on the ground. I should be stoked, but instead of putting on my avalanche b...

One day in 1986 the good people of Joetsu, a coastal city in Niigata, were deluged by 232 centimeters of snow—in one day. That’s ...

Eco ExcitementGreen Roller Coaster It doesn’t do a loop-to-loop or go 1,000 miles an hour, but the pedal powered Skycycle roll...

The long, cold Japanese winter can seem a little daunting if you’re not an alpine person. Skiing and snowboarding certainly look ...

Why do we travel? A restaurant on Osakishimo-jima helped to answer that question. To begin, this column is not designed to hig...

I love traveling as much as the next person, but being born deaf has meant my experiences have been quite different than othe...

Catching up with Jeff Jensen before his upcoming seventh New Year’s Day attempt to scale Mt. Fuji. For six consecutive years on...

Staying on the hill and out of the hospital As many of us prepare for a well-earned holiday on the ski slopes, a bit of prepar...